The Jerome Medical manufacturing plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was named 2003 Small Employer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The citation stated that the plant "had earned this recognition for its tireless efforts to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities" with a workforce "more than 50 percent of which are people with disabilities." The company "is truly deserving of praise and recognition for demonstrating to other businesses in the Lehigh Valley that a workforce significantly represented by individuals with disabilities can be exceedingly productive," the citation said. State Secretary of Labor & Industry Stephen M. Schmerin presented the award, and Joseph Gabriel accepted the award on behalf of Jerome's Allentown operation. Jerome Medical is a manufacturer of cervical spine immobilization devices based in Moorestown, New Jersey.
The Jerome Medical manufacturing plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was named 2003 Small Employer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The citation stated that the plant "had earned this recognition for its tireless efforts to expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities" with a workforce "more than 50 percent of which are people with disabilities." The company "is truly deserving of praise and recognition for demonstrating to other businesses in the Lehigh Valley that a workforce significantly represented by individuals with disabilities can be exceedingly productive," the citation said. State Secretary of Labor & Industry Stephen M. Schmerin presented the award, and Joseph Gabriel accepted the award on behalf of Jerome's Allentown operation. Jerome Medical is a manufacturer of cervical spine immobilization devices based in Moorestown, New Jersey.